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EP 1 779 143 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 02.05.2007 Bulletin 2007/18 (21) Application number: 04817017.9 (22) Date of filing: 06.12.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G01T 3/00(2006.01) G01T 1/29(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2004/040759 (87) International publication number: WO 2006/022796 (02.03.2006 Gazette 2006/09)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 26.07.2004 US 899411 (71) Applicant: Temple Universtiy Philadelphia PA 19122-6099 (US)	(72) Inventor: MARTOFF, Charles, Jeffrey Swarthmore, PA 19081 (US) (74) Representative: Rögner, Jürgen  Patentanwälte Schwabe Sandmair Marx, Stuntzstrasse 16 81677 München 81677 München (DE)